An international standardised benchmarking survey conducted in 2023 revealed that South African Grade 5 school students ranked last out of 59 countries in mathematics and science. This is an abysmal ...

South Africa is grappling with a worsening education crisis, one that’s most visible in maths classrooms across the country. In the 2023 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), ...

The results of Grade 9 pupils in maths in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study have shown "a remarkable upward trend". Grade 9 pupils outperformed pupils from Jordan, Palestine, ...